hi all... posting all these at once, p[lease look to your family name for what i found... this info comes from a lookup by surname from YourFamilyCrest.com (PageWise,INC)-it wasnt done by locality, only name,so...they also dont list the family line this comes from or any sources...i thought perhaps this would be a comparison point for some & a starting point for others on the subject... SHeri- (the Taliaferro arms are well known in the family so i am not posting them, see Charles Taliaferro' site) -TOLIVER: Scottish arms: 'ermine a red chevron' crest: tree emerging from a crown. 1st found: Huntington, England descends from Taillefer of Normandy, jester to William @ Hastings 1066. -LANE: English arms: 'gold & blue w/ red chevron between 3 stars on a red square,at top left 3 Lions of England' crest: a horse. 1st found: Staffordshire, seated from the earliest times on land grants from William for assistance at Hastings. -HAIE: French/Norman arms: 'silver w/ black bends'. 1st found: Normandy, on considerable estates,earliest known Haies are 1169 Normandy- Cecilia,Robert,Raoul & Richard. -SMITH: English arms: 'black shield w/ 3 silver crosses & silver chevron engrailed on which 3 red fleur-de-lis'. crest: a heron's head holding a fish. 1st found: Durhan/m (now Northumbria) where an old english version of the name is cited from 975,over 100 yrs before the Norman Invasion,1066. -DEDMAN: English arms: 'a red shield w/ 6 silver garbs'. crest: a bear. 1st found: Suffolk, 'anciently seated'. during Norman times had many feudal rebellions. -STAMPER: English arms: 'black w/ ermine horizontal between 3 horses'. crest: a horse. 1st found: Berkshire,where seated as the Lords of the Manor of Cholfoy. -ISOM: English arms: 'red w/ 3 gold pennants meeting at base & gold horizontal stripe over all'. crest: a swan. motto: 'ostendo non ostendo' (anyone??) 1st found: Northhampton, seated from 'very ancient times'. -MEYER: German arms: 'blue & silver shield dispalys a lion & a tree'. 1st found: Bavaria, Austria,Prussia Province * 35 branches of the family were ennobled 16th-19th centuries * 1st 3 Meyers in America: - Hans Mayer to Lancaster PA,1709 Texas,1830-1860 Philadelphia PA,1730-1760. - Adolf to New York,1661. - Christopher to Delaware,1693. -CASSENS: (also, Gassen,Gessen) German arms: 'perfess silver & black a sea horse counterchanged'. 1st found: Bavaria -FISCHER: Germania or Saxony arms: 'black & red shield divided horizontally, black displays a golden lion rampant,red a silver fish on water'. motto: ' von wart in treu und warheit'. (anyone ??) 1st found: Saxony, a 'notable' family in the Middle Ages. -MARTIN: (also,(Mac)Gil- & (Mac)Kil- 1-Irish arms: 'blue shield w/ silver cross calvary charge on the dexter side by a sun & on sinister side by a crescent'. crest: a gold estoile. motto: 'auxilium meum a domino'. (antone ??) 1st found: County Galway, lands granted by Strongbow after Norman invasion,1172- became one of the 'Tribes of Galway'. 2- English arms: 'silver w/ chevron between 2 seashells at top, red cross in base'. crest: a Talbot's head. motto: 'Sure & Steadfast'. 1st found: Leicestershire, seated 'from the earliest times' on lands granted by William for assistance at hastings,1066. * this is all i have on the family names, etc for now...if anyone can supply an actual shield, etc for any of these id be glad to have any copy...also, i am curious to know what the non-english mottos mean...if anyone would care to translate ?? Hope this was useful to some one out there! Happy Hunting ! Sheri --- 'Without Struggle there can be No Progress.' Fredrick Douglas please feel free to efax me @ 501.640.7613 ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005